Aryna Sabalenka wins against Alison Riske 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston on Wednesday. Sabalenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Amanda Anisimova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. This run will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Alison Riske Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sabalenka scored 85 points vs. Riske’s 72.
Sabalenka
The Belarussian served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (36/48) behind her first serve. However she won only 41% points (14/34) on her second serve. Aryna was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Riske
On the other side, Riske was struggling when converting her break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Riske is 5-0 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats
Sabalenka will play Anisimova in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Anisimova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Anisimova won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The Belarussian won the set after she broke Riske in the 8th (5-3) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Sabalenka didn’t lose the lead to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 3.
Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
The Belarussian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Alison won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3) and 9th (3-6) point.
The Belarussian won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Belarussian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 95 points. Aryna was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Riske (50-45). Aryna lost 21 points on serve (30-21). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).
Aryna won the set after she broke Alison in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Alison tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, Aryna kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
They contested 63 points. The Belarussian won 7 more points than Riske (35-28). The Belarussian dropped 12 points on serve (22-12). On the losing side, Alison conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (2-6 7-5 5-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-1 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Anna BondarBondar (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Alison RiskeRiske (7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alize CornetCornet – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Lauren DavisDavis (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (5-7 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Ulrikke EikeriEikeri (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Shuai ZhangZhang (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alize CornetCornet – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Belinda BencicBencic (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Claire LiuLiu – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H details and stats